Rising Procurement Costs for Paper, Printing and Binding Materials
First written in FY2025. 1 of 2 entries say "Mitigated", first in FY2026. Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2022: 6 of 8 companies on the "Worse" side.
1 other company's latest entry also says "Mitigated".
- FY2026MitigatedAnnual report
「In its publishing business, the company has participated in initiatives to promote sustainable publishing, including donating part of the sales of guidebooks for reforestation from the perspective of protecting forest resources, reducing book sizes and adopting recycled paper.」
Specific resource-recycling and cost measures, including donations for tree planting, smaller book formats and the adoption of recycled paper, were set out in response to the risk of rising procurement costs for paper, printing and bookbinding, and related materials. - FY2025First statedAnnual report
「As the procurement costs of forest resources, water and electricity essential to paper production, as well as printing and bookbinding costs, continue to rise year after year due to the impact of climate change and economic growth in emerging markets, we are strengthening efforts to identify risks, reduce the procurement costs of production goods and materials, and promote resource recycling, with the aim of establishing a sustainable publishing business.」
The rise in procurement costs for paper raw materials, water, electricity, printing and bookbinding was disclosed independently for the first time as a sustainability-related risk in the publishing business, with measures to reduce costs and promote resource recycling also outlined.